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Not COVID related, passed away after a long illness
A great entertainer who loved football. Isn't mentioned on the BBC site, but just to keep playing, he continued to drop down leagues & i think even played for a few non league teams into his 40's
Unfortunately played at a time where being a skillful entertaining player almost guaranteed you would get less England caps
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Frank Worthington Passes Away on 10:42 - Mar 23 with 4118 views
A real character.....there is the story of Alf Ramsay telling him before one ofhis England appearances in a friendly international “Frank, I am going to pull you off at half time” to which Frank replied “ OK boss, I usually just get an orange”.
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Frank Worthington Passes Away on 19:58 - Mar 23 with 3632 views
Frank Worthington Passes Away on 19:09 - Mar 23 by pioneer
A real character.....there is the story of Alf Ramsay telling him before one ofhis England appearances in a friendly international “Frank, I am going to pull you off at half time” to which Frank replied “ OK boss, I usually just get an orange”.
Far be it for me to spoil a good story but it was the equally talented Rodney Marsh who allegedly made that remark. I don’t think Frank ever played under Sir Alf Ramsey.
Frank Worthington Passes Away on 19:58 - Mar 23 by mingthemerciless
Far be it for me to spoil a good story but it was the equally talented Rodney Marsh who allegedly made that remark. I don’t think Frank ever played under Sir Alf Ramsey.
"I don’t think Frank ever played under Sir Alf Ramsey."
Saw him score a hat trick against West Ham in the 5th round of the Cup,early 70s in a 4-2 victory. Every goal was a belter,the `Ammers never knew what hit them. RIP Frank,thanks for the memories.
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Frank Worthington Passes Away on 20:41 - Mar 23 with 3555 views
Frank Worthington Passes Away on 13:35 - Mar 23 by 442Dale
He scored against Dale for Stockport in a 1-1 draw at Edgeley Park in January 1988.
Still a great player then.
Jason Smart was given his Dale debut against Burnley on 18/3/86 and had an excellent game.
Four days layer we were at home to Tranmere, who had Worthington as player-manager. Vic Halom left Smart out of the team as he didn't want to pit him against a player like Worthington.
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Frank Worthington Passes Away on 22:44 - Mar 23 with 3482 views
The days when skill entertained us. Rodney Marsh, StanBowles, Alan Hudson, Jimmy Greenhoff, and many more, before tactics lowered our expectations of what was a good player.
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Frank Worthington Passes Away on 15:37 - Mar 24 with 3230 views